【句子】

1.

Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial, and the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer’s hoof, otherwise nothing in the house was touched.

洗碗间里那桶啤酒让拳击手踢了一蹄子给凿破了。除此以外，宅内的东西连碰也没碰过。

stove-in  a. 

smashed inward

a stove-in barrel

otherwise adv.

除此以外；在其他方面 You use otherwise before stating the general condition or quality of something, when you are also mentioning an exception to this general condition or quality.

...a blue and gold caravan, slightly travel-stained but otherwise in good condition.

The decorations for the games have lent a splash of color to an otherwise drab city.

I didn't like the ending, but otherwise it was a very good book.

It rained in the morning;otherwise, it was a beautiful day. = It rained in the morning, but it was a beautiful day otherwise.

2.

After this they went back to the farm buildings, where Snowball and Napoleon sent for a ladder which they caused to be set against the end wall of the big barn.

完了以后，大伙回到农场居住区，雪球和拿破仑派手下去搬来一架梯子，把它靠在大谷仓一端的外墙上。

to make (someone) feel, have, or do something

The flood caused the town great hardship.

You caused us a lot of extra work.

— often followed by to + verb

His boss caused him to resign. [=his boss made him resign]

His nervous behavior caused me to question his innocence.

3.attend to sb/sth

to deal with sb/sth; to take care of sb/sth

“Never mind the milk, comrades!” cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets. “That will be attended to.The harvest is more important....

这事会得到妥善处置的。

I have some urgent business to attend to.

A nurse attended to his needs constantly.

※lust→just

They were lust coming down the stairs when Mollie was discovered to be missing.

他们才下楼梯，便发觉莫丽不见了。

【熟词生义】

1.running

连续，一连（发生几次）You can use running when indicating that something keeps happening. For example, if something has happened every day for three days, you can say that it has happened for the third day running or for three days running.

Then they sang ‘Beasts of England’ from end to end seven times running,...

He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running...

She changes her look so often that she never seems the same woman two days running.

2.command a view

居高临下;俯瞰;清楚地看到 If a place commands a view, especially an impressive one, you can see the view clearly from that place. If a person commands a view of something, they can see it clearly from where they are.

A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm.

The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.

...a point of rock, from which we could command a view of the loch.

【词组】

1.in a body

close together in a single group

Their first act was to gallop in a body right round the boundaries of the farm, as though to make quite sure that no human being was hiding anywhere upon it;

The soldiers moved swiftly in a body towards the building.

The protesters marched in a body(= all together)to the White House.

2.go up in flames

to burn or be destroyed by fire:

All the animals capered with joy when they saw the whips going up in flames.

The factory went up in flames.

3.send for sth

to ask someone to bring or send (something) to you

Napoleon sent for pots of black and white paint and led the way down to the five-barred gate that gave on to the main road.

Send for our free product catalog.

The general has already sent for reinforcements.

She sent for help.

4.give on to [Brit] ↑

to provide a view of or a passage to (something)

The door gives directly on to the garden.

The rooms give onto a hall.

5.paint out

to obliterate by covering over with paint

Then Snowball (for it was Snowball who was best at writing) took a brush between the two knuckles of his trotter, painted out MANOR FARM from the top bar of the gate and in its place painted ANIMAL FARM.

The worker painted the graffiti out. [ɡrəˈfiːti]

They had to paint out the graffiti.

6.set to work

to start working, especially in a determined or enthusiastic way

With some difficulty (for it is not easy for a pig to balance himself on a ladder) Snowball climbed up and set to work,...

set to work on:

I set to work on the mountain of paperwork on my desk.

set to work (on) doing something:

After lunch, they set to work fixing the roof.

set to work to do something:

He quickly set to work to build a shelter from the rain.

7.the wrong way round

with one part or side in the position where the other part or side should be

It was very neatly written, and except that “friend” was written “freind” and one of the “S’s” was the wrong way round, the spelling was correct all the way through.

He’d stuck the picture onto the page the wrong way round.

Stir the pork about until it turns white all the way through.

8.for the benefit of

为了…的利益；为…好 If you say that someone is doing something for the benefit of a particular person, you mean that they are doing it for that person.

Snowball read it aloud for the benefit of the others.

You need people working for the benefit of the community...

He doesn't have to go through this elaborate display for my benefit!